Improved sofa-bedstead



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notarse,- or Nnw YORK, N.Y. l

IMPROVED SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

Specioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,978, dated June 23, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

.l Be it known that I, F. C. PAYNE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sofa-Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that the following is a-full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is a plan or top View of my invention, shown adjusted for use as a bedstead; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line :v x, Fig. l, and shown adjusted as a sofa or lounge.

Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in having the bed ormattress of the sofa distinct or separate from the seat portion, so that the upholstery of the latter will not be injured by the use of the device as a bed, as is the case with the ordinary so'tabedsteads, in which the bed or mattress is connected with and forms a part of the seat.

Besides the advantage above mentioned, my invention admits of a wider bed or mattress being used than can be obtained with an ordinary sofabedstead of the same size, and greater facilities are afforded for cleansing the mattress and freeing it from insects, when necessary; and the invention further admits of the sofa being constructed in any desired form, as fashion may dictate, an advantage not possessed by the ordinary sofabedsteads, which require to have dat seats and vertical ends in order to admit of the seat being turned over to form the bed or a portion of the same.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a sofa, which, in the'present instance, is of lounge form or shape, and is upholstered'in the ordinary way, with a permanent seat, a, back b, and end c, such as are used with the ordinary sofas not provided with beds. The body of the sofa underneath the seat a is a case or box designated by d,

and the lower end of the back part of this box is connected by hinges e to a base or frame, B, on which the sofa rests when used as a sofa, as shown clearly in Fig'. 2. On the top of the frame B one half, f, ofthe bed or mattress C is secured, and t0 the front or outer edge of the frame B a frame, D, is attached by hinges g, and to this frame D the other halt', f, of the bed or mattress is attached. 'When the device is used as a sofa, the frame D is turned or folded over on the frame B, the two parts, ff', of the mattress being in contact, and both within the box d, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The inner surface of the back h of the case or f box d is also upholstered, as shown at in Fig. 2.

When the device is used as a bedstead, the body of the sofa is turned over, so that its back will rest upon the iloor, leaving the bed or mattress exposed. The frame D is then turned over, so as to be in the same plane with the frame B, and may be supported by folding feet at, and the bed or mattress is in proper position for use, as shown in Fig. 1. A headboard,j, may be used and placed at one end of the frames B D, said board when not in use being placed between the two parts, f f', of the mattress, as shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it will be seen that when the device is used as a bedstead that not only the width ofthe parts f f of the mattress is obtained, but also the upholstered part i of the box d, which adds considerable to the width ofthe bed or mattress. It will also be seen that the bed or mattress is not in any way connected with the seat a of the sofa, and the bed or mattress may consequently be cleansed or renovated when necessary with the great est facility. The seat a also will not be subjected to any but its legitimate use or wear, and consequently the upholstery of the seat will not become foul, as is invariably the case in the ordinary sofa-bedsteads after being used a short time as a mattress.

Another advantage my invention possesses, and that is, that the bed or mattress has no central board between its two parts, as is the case in the ordinary sofa-bedsteads occasioned by the front side, ax, of the sofa. (See Fig. 2.) This is a great inconvenience, and renders the central part of the bed or mattress useless, or di vides it into longitudinal parts, as a person could notlie over the side aX very comfortably.

sessed is that the form or shape of the bedstead, as regards its upholstery, may be varied according to the fashion, whereas in the ordinary sofa-bedsteads the seat requires to be fiat, as it forms a part of the mattress and must Another very important advantage pos nected to each other by hinges g, and to the sofa by hinges e, and arranged to fold Within a case or box, d, within the sofa underneath the seat a, substantially as herein shown and described.

F. G. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

M. S. PARTRIDGE, Rom?. H. SOUDER. 

